British Comedy Guide
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Blankety Blank

Blankety Blank

  • TV comedy
  • BBC One / ITV1
  • 1979 - 2023
  • 310 episodes (20 series)

Comedy panel-game-show of missing words hosted in turn by Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Lily Savage and Bradley Walsh. Also features Paul O'Grady.

  • Due to return for Series 21

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Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
1979 - 2023
Channels
BBC 1, ITV, ITV1, ITV
Episodes
310 (20 series), plus 9 unaired episodes and specials
Stars
Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Paul O'Grady and Bradley Walsh
Writers
Tony Hawes, Les Keen, Laura Claxton, Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby, James Farmer and John Smith
Directors
Richard Valentine, Diccon Ramsay and Barbara Wiltshire
Producers
Aoife Bower, Omar Adam, Megan O'Doherty, Emily Starns, Kalpna Patel-Knight, Charlie Irwin, Christopher Barbour, Clodagh O'Donoghue and more
Companies

Can you fill in the blanks for the chance to win a prize?

A comedy panel-cum-game show in which public contestants pick celebrity players to guess the missing word from a common phrase, with the hope their choice makes a point-winning combination.

Catch-up

Additional details

Also known as
  • Lily Savage's Blankety Blank
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 18th January 1979 at 7:55pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • The London Studios
  • BBC Television Centre
  • Maidstone Studios - 2020 special and Series 18 & 20-21
  • Versa London Studios - Series 19

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